If Shakespeare were alive today, he would create video games. You can see the “player” mentality in his plays — where role-playing and playacting are everywhere.
Consider the case of Hamlet. The title character wanders from scene to scene in a dark castle, encountering ghosts, villains, etc. But nothing gets resolved as he tries to level up — although eleven people are killed along the way. The play starts again the next night, with similar results.
Ted Gioia, “More Entries from My Private Journal”, The Honest Broker, 2025-03-25.
June 28, 2025
QotD: Shakespeare – game designer
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